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Museums offer free entry to local people to mark re-opening © Supplied by Glencoe Folk Museum Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A group of museums is celebrating re-opening by offering neighbouring residents free or cut-price entry during May. Starting on Saturday, 13 venues in the Highlands and Islands are taking part in the MYseum campaign aimed at encouraging people to rediscover the history and heritage on their d...

Dunnet artist's TEXTile garments inspired by wartime tablecloth and the coronavirus By Gordon Calder Published: 16:00, 07 March 2021 Get the Courier and Groat sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the day's newspaper A CAITHNESS artist is creating two unique garments which have been inspired by the coronavirus and a wartime tablecloth which became a poignant memento of servicemen in World War II. Joanne B. Kaar, who is one of the Lyth Arts Centre artists in residence, is to hand stitch the names of carers from across the county onto a care-worker's uniform. A...

Castletown wartime memento to feature in Highland-wide podcast By Gordon Calder  |  Updated: 15:33, 18 February 2021 Get the Courier and Groat sent to your inbox every week and swipe through an exact replica of the day's newspaper The Custer tablecloth made by Isobel Custer features the signatures of 125 airmen. Picture: Neil Buchan / Castletown Heritage Society A unique and poignant wartime memento containing the signatures of 125 airmen who were based at RAF Castletown during World War II is to be featured on a podcast as part of a Highland-wide initiative. The memento – a tablecl...